Unit 2 Lesson 18

Lesson 18 Stewards of God’s Creation God will sustain His creation. Memory Verse Psalm 8:5–6 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet. Review Total age of the earth according to God’s Word: From Adam to Abraham = about _______ 2,00 years. 0 From Abraham to Jesus = about _______ 2,00 years. 0 From Jesus to today = about _______ 2,00 years. 0 The earth is about _______ 6,00 years old! 0 Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Definitions Dominion responsibility, authority, rule over Class Notes God gave man dominion over: 1) fish ____ of the sea. 2) fowl _____ of the air. 3) cattle, or land _____ animals. 4) every creepin _________thing. g Genesis 2:15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Definitions Steward a person who takes care of someone else’s property Class Notes 5) All people should be good stewards _________ of God’s creation. Romans 1:22–23 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Definitions Uncorruptible not subject to destruction or decay; eternal Corruptible subject to destruction or decay; mortal Class Notes 6) People who worship created things are _______. foolish 7) We should worship God who is the _______, not the creation. Creato r Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Class Notes 8) God is in control _______ of ALL things, including the earth.